Debian Stretch Is Imminent

“On 2017-06-03 at the latest, we will tag all remaining RC bugs with either stretch-ignore OR stretch-will-remove. Packages that have RC bugs tagged with stretch-will-remove will be removed the weekend before the release unless they have been fixed in testing prior to that. Please note that the automatic removals are still in effect and may remove packages before that deadline.”

About Robert Pogson

I am a retired teacher in Canada. I taught in the subject areas where I have worked for almost forty years: maths, physics, chemistry and computers. I love hunting, fishing, picking berries and mushrooms, too.

14 Responses to Debian Stretch Is Imminent

DrLoser wrote, “Costs $CA 1,500 less than a useless Chinese tractorette, in fact.”

Chuckle. Just yesterday, I was using the newest roto-tiller and reflected on how incredibly slow it is compared the huge Chinese tiller. I estimate, the new beast while quite handy is at least ten times slower than the Chinese monster: about four times slower due to width, and 3-4 times slower due to travel speed. Heck, the Chinese tiller not only digs up fair-sized rocks, but it hurls them a good distance… The Chinese tiller has a 1L diesel engine while the new guy has a 208cc gasoline engine that really sucks gasoline… I think I did the whole yard the Chinese way with just 20L of fuel. I think the new guy would take several times as much. It’s already used 10L just on the garden near the house and a bit of the yard. Nevertheless, it is usable by me and even TLW except on the berms which require a bit of strength for steering. Oh, yes, the new guy takes two or three passes to thoroughly discourage weeds thanks to a much slower RPM on the tiller. The Chinese monster is more like a blender…

Grece wrote this FUD, “Does her work approve of her using an unapproved operating system, that may compromise their server?”

How the Hell is an operating system on a client computer supposed to compromise a robust server on the web? Grece should be ashamed, but in the Age of Trump, shame is in short supply, just like having a conscience, or helping one’s fellow man, or taking care of the weak and minorities.

As expected, apt-get dist-upgrade worked perfectly, booting to a very familiar and functional desktop. This is written from the Intel Atom in our living room. No, TLW doesn’t use TOOS anywhere in our home. She has no need.

the machine on which I write this comment, our “Home Theatre”, an Atom…,

TLW’s notebook which looks like it won’t see another Christmas with TLW’s and grand kids’ abuse…, and

an old Acer notebook TLW has not used since the aircraft-carrying monstrous notebook was donated.

So, yes, Grece, five. I anticipate retiring a few of those soon and replacing them with a mix of Odroids, FireFlys and Marvel’s Community board. I think I’ll use an Odroid to track Sun for my solar PV system and monitor charge of a big battery. I could do that with discrete components, of course, but it’s nice to have a web-page on the LAN, a database of performance, and to make changes through software.

I updated this comment on Beast to help Grece count. The HTML I injected from the Atom did not pass WordPress’ filter…

Sometimes I think what would happen if Ubuntu, Madriva, Xandors and all the other “user-friendly” distros (which however are keen to incorporate the latest update-breaking bleeding-edge technology) never existed. Would Debian Stable have found a real niche into the double digits?

The efforts by freetards to convert Desktop Linux into “just like Windows but better” had a detrimental effect to the spread of Desktop Linux IMO. Do you see Apple chasing after Windows? No, they don’t. They don’t do 3D and they don’t do the latest Nvidia cards, and instead, have focused on a polished experience. The relentless chasing of Windows was a big mistake, and in a sense, I am glad that Debian didn’t (fully) bite, and Pog as a customer doesn’t either.

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. Now that I'm retired I still use GNU/Linux on every computer in my home except the smartphones which run Android/Linux.

Lately, I've been giving lots of thought to the world I inherited and which I will leave to my descendants. I'm planting grass, trees, flowers and vegetables in my large lot and I've ordered a Solo EV. I plan to charge my Solo by means of a tracking solar array. Life is good if you have a purpose. I do.